From the New York Times
Queen Guitarist to Complete Doctorate
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 25, 2007
Filed at 10:10 a.m. ET
LONDON (AP) -- Brian May is completing his doctorate in astrophysics, more than 30 years after he abandoned his studies to form the rock group Queen.
The 60-year-old guitarist and songwriter said he plans to submit his thesis, ''Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,'' to supervisors at Imperial College London within the next two weeks.
May was an astrophysics student at Imperial College when Queen, which included Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, was formed in 1970. He dropped his doctorate as the glam rock band became successful.
Queen were one of Britain's biggest music groups in the 1970s, with hits including ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''We Will Rock You.''
After Mercury's death in 1991, May recorded several solo albums, including 1998's ''Another World.'' But his interest in astronomy continued, and he co-wrote ''Bang! The Complete History of the Universe,'' which was published last year.
He was due to finish carrying out astronomical observations at an observatory on the island of La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, on Tuesday, the observatory said.
May told the British Broadcasting Corp. that he had always wanted to complete his degree.
''It was unfinished business,'' he said. ''I didn't want an honorary Ph.D. I wanted the real thing that I worked for.''
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Some people have told me that they worry that I've given up my dream, or my principles. I'd just like to remind them that no decision is permanent, and you can always go back.
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Does that mean you're thinking of forming a world-famous (British) rock group in the meantime? I can help with the accent, if you think that's important :-D
Yes! Remind me the next time you're in town, I definitely need to work on that accent!
The most important thing to remember is that if your lyrics contains the words 'pants' or 'fanny' the song's going to become x-rated. And if you're aiming for that, using 'rubber' will simply conquor up images of school rooms.
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